Meet my pet rats!

So I thought i'd make a thread to show off my girls. Pet rats aren't the most common pets in the world and often very misunderstood, especially not in Sweden where I live. Sadly you get a lot of looks if you tell people you have rats, and a lot of "eww, don't they bite you?" and "their tails are so disgusting and they are so unsanitary!". But any pet rat owner knows there's no better pet, they're like small dogs and each with their own amazing personality!

So here are a few pics of my current girls:


This is Ziza, my favourite girl. She's 8 months and the most amazing girl ever! Loves human contact and not scared of anything. She's going to become a mother in a few weeks!


Zizas cute belly marking. Ziza is a Silver Black American Irish Dumbo.


Next up is Audrey. She's a bit calmer than Ziza and more careful, but still enjoys all the time she gets to spend outside her cage exploring. Audrey is Silver Mink Hooded Dumbo.


My sweet little girl Bipin. Bipin is the youngest in the cage and a bit shy. She doesn't really have that much of a personality yet, but hopefully she'll open up to us soon. Bipin is a Beige Rex Dumbo, and looks like a teddybear!


This is Toast. Toast was rescued from a terrible home when she was 5 weeks old. When rat pups are 5 weeks they should weight at least 80 grams, she was only 23 grams... So terribly malnourished and not handled at all. Now, I have managed to get her up an ok weight and she loves life with her rat friends. Unfortunately she still hates being handled and wants no human contact, even though we spent hours with her every day ever since the first day here. But that's fine, as long as she enjoys life with her friends i'm not going to make her move again. She's a Russian Silver Capped, a very rare colour!


And finally, my two old ladies, Shmi and Aayla. These sisters are 2 years old now and my grumpy old girls. They aren't very fond of all the new young rats at all, but absolutely LOVE cuddling with their human! As soon as you pick them up they start licking your fingers and vibrate and chatter their teeth. Shmi is Golden Himalayan Rex Dumbo and Aayla Seal point Siamese Rex Dumbo.


Throwing in a picture of the girls cage too, and the shelf they're always on as the cage is almost always open when i'm home.

Enjoy!